rabicho

Portuguese

Etymology

From rabo +‎ -icho.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃu/ [haˈbi.ʃu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃu/ [χaˈbi.ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃo/ [haˈbi.ʃo]
 

  • Rhymes: -iʃu
  • Hyphenation: ra‧bi‧cho

Noun

rabicho m (plural rabichos)

  1. small piece of hair, such as a braid/plait, that hangs on one's nape
  2. a type of leather strip (similar to a correia) that is guided through below a horse's tail and fastened to the back part of the saddle
  3. a type of wire or steel cable used to fasten a utility pole or similar structure by connecting its top extremity to the ground
  4. (informal) passion, crush (romantic attraction to someone)
    Synonyms: paixão, queda, paixonite
  5. (Portugal, informal) homosexual man
  6. a bull with no hair on the tip of its tail

Adjective

rabicho (feminine rabicha, masculine plural rabichos, feminine plural rabichas)

  1. (Minho) mischievous, unruly
    Synonyms: travesso, inquieto
    criança rabicha
    mischievous child
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